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There's one two-minute scene that I took out because I felt in the end Capone was a more sinister and frightening presence in the film if he never appeared.


Sam Mendes

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DEYTH BANGER I love Sam Mendes, but I went to see 'Spectre' with my kid, and the opening scene of the Dia...
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th...
DEYTH BANGER And in the middle of one of those scenes, I suddenly felt my heart just open: it was overwhelming, t...
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ISABEL ALLENDE Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
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ALISA MULLEN The Capone era. That was my time. Capone was a big baseball fan. He'd walk into the ballpark lik...
BILLY HERMAN He appeared drunk to the police officer at the scene. He was glassy-eyed and smelled of alcohol.
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SAM NEILL I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard a...
SAM NEILL No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.
SAM NEILL Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.
SAM LEVENSON I admit that: my wife is outspoken, but by whom?
SAM LEVENSON Our parents set the moral tone of the family. They expected more of some of us and less of others, b...
SAM LEVENSON The difference between keeping things clean and keeping kids clean was that things just sat still an...
SAM LEVENSON When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem ...
SAM LEVENSON You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.
SAM LEVENSON One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your im...
SAM LEVENSON Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' c...
SAM LEVENSON It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
SAM LEVENSON We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got t...
SAM LEVENSON I'm going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!
SAM LEVENSON Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.
SAM LEVENSON Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
SAM LEVENSON If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her l...
SAM LEVENSON You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all...
SAM LEVENSON I'm so tired of men who are afraid to hurt women's feelings.
SAM KINISON I guess they're tough jokes. But there's lots of things you either laugh or cry at. And you ...
SAM KINISON